# List of Texas Longhorns head football coaches

The Texas Longhorns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Texas at Austin of the SEC Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 28 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1893 with the nickname Longhorns, although they played without a head coach in their first season. Texas was an original member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915. The Longhorns became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded. The Longhorns have played in 1,200 games during their 117 seasons. In those seasons, 10 coaches have led Texas to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Blair Cherry, Ed Price, Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic, Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, and Steve Sarkisian.
Eleven coaches have won conference championships with the Longhorns: Berry Whitaker, Clyde Littlefield, Bible, Cherry, Price, Royal, Akers, McWilliams, Mackovic, Brown, and Sarkisian. Royal and Brown have also won national championships with Texas.
Royal is the all-time leader in games coached (219), years coached (20) and total wins (167). Frank Crawford has the highest winning percentage of any Longhorn coach after going 5–0 his only year. Of coaches who served more than one season, Whitaker leads with a .865 winning percentage. Charlie Strong trails with a .455 winning percentage. Of the 28 Longhorns coaches, Bible, Royal, and Brown have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Royal and Brown have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. The current head coach of the Longhorns is Steve Sarkisian.

## Key

General :
| # | A running total of the number of coaches |
| CCs | Conference championships |
| NCs | National Championships |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame |
Overall games :
| GC | Games coached |
| OW | Wins |
| OL | Losses |
| OT | Ties |
| O% | Winning percentage |
Conference games :
| CW | Wins |
| CL | Losses |
| CT | Ties |
| C% | Winning percentage |
Postseason games :
| PW | Wins |
| PL | Losses |
| PT | Ties |

## Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
| 1 | R. D. Wentworth | 1894 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Frank Crawford | 1895 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Harry Orman Robinson | 1896 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Walter F. Kelly | 1897 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | David Farragut Edwards | 1898 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Maurice Gordon Clarke | 1899 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Samuel Huston Thompson | 1900–1901 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .853 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | J. B. Hart | 1902 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ralph Hutchinson | 1903–1905 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | .680 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | H. R. Schenker | 1906 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | W. E. Metzenthin | 1907–1908 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .676 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Dexter Draper | 1909 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Billy Wasmund | 1910 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dave Allerdice | 1911–1915 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 0 | .825 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Eugene Van Gent | 1916 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 16 | Bill Juneau | 1917–1919 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | .731 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 17 | Berry M. Whitaker | 1920–1922 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .865 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .850 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 18 | E. J. Stewart | 1923–1926 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | .708 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Clyde Littlefield | 1927–1933 | 68 | 44 | 18 | 6 | .691 | 22 | 13 | 4 | .615 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 20 | Jack Chevigny | 1934–1936 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 2 | .483 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .361 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Dana X. Bible$^†$ | 1937–1946 | 97 | 63 | 31 | 3 | .665 | 35 | 22 | 1 | .612 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 22 | Blair Cherry | 1947–1950 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 1 | .756 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .771 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 23 | Ed Price | 1951–1956 | 61 | 33 | 27 | 1 | .549 | 20 | 15 | 1 | .569 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 24 | Darrell Royal$^†$ | 1957–1976 | 219 | 167 | 47 | 5 | .774 | 109 | 27 | 2 | .797 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1961, 1963) AFCA Coach of the Year (1963, 1969) |
| 25 | Fred Akers | 1977–1986 | 119 | 86 | 31 | 2 | .731 | 60 | 19 | 1 | .756 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 26 | David McWilliams | 1987–1991 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 0 | .544 | 23 | 15 | 0 | .605 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 27 | John Mackovic | 1992–1997 | 71 | 41 | 28 | 2 | .592 | 28 | 16 | 0 | .636 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — |
| 28 | Mack Brown$^†$ | 1998–2013 | 206 | 158 | 48 | — | .767 | 98 | 33 | — | .748 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2005) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2008) |
| 29 | Charlie Strong | 2014–2016 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 0 | .433 | 12 | 15 | — | .444 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Tom Herman | 2017–2020 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 0 | .640 | 22 | 13 | — | .629 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Steve Sarkisian | 2021–present | 55 | 38 | 17 | 0 | .691 | 24 | 11 | — | .686 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |